Children's Laureate 2001-2003
Carnegie Medal 1989, 1992
Whitbread Award 1993, 1996
Guardian Fiction Award 1990
Children's Laureate 2001-2003
Carnegie Medal 1989, 1992
Whitbread Award 1993, 1996
Guardian Fiction Award 1990
As best friends should, Jamie and Angus share everything.
Join them as they have fun at their birthday party, think up some new ways to cry, and deal with a naughty pet gerbil!
These playful stories are full of charming and amusing incidents from everyday life - like when Uncle Edward delivers Jamie's birthday present of a box full of party poppers (to Mum and Dad's delight!), or when Jamie gets over his frustrating day with a very messy session of bashing clay!
With the reissue of Jamie and Angus Forever, all three Jamie and Angus books are available in a fresh new edition, brought to entertaining life by Sam Usher's wonderful illustrations.
Praise for The Jamie and Angus Stories:
"Fresh and funny"
The Times
"A Platonic ideal of the kind of book beginner readers need."
The Daily Telegraph
Anne Fine introduces two old friends, a little boy and his Highland bull:
When I presented my editor at Walker Books with the first Jamie and Angus stories, her perhaps somewhat unguarded response was, 'Oh, Anne! I didn't know that you could write nice books!'
But I had never before written bedtime stories for three to six year olds, and no one wants to leave a child alone at night with disturbing, aggressive, or even too exciting, mental images. So these are short, domestic tales that cover various aspects of Jamie's daily life, always along with his favourite, and ever amenable, soft toy, Angus. (Early childhood being pretty well universal, I was proud when the first set of these stories won the prestigious Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards.)
In this, the third and last of the series, among other things Jamie wins an Eating Slowly race, finds a new and interesting Way to Cry, and, with the help of Granny, makes some Feeling-Better Spells.
The fresh illustrations by Sam Usher perfectly match the gentleness and humour of the text. My own grandchildren are now, sadly, long past this phase of life. But I hope that parents and grandparents everywhere will continue to enjoy reading the trilogy as much as I loved writing it.
Jamie and Angus Forever is a book for younger readers. The new edition was published by Walker Books on 7th April 2022. Click the logo to order it from 
; or from your favourite bookshop or library (the ISBN: 978-1-4063-9680-5 may help them to find it for you).
Jamie and Angus Forever follows The Jamie and Angus Stories (which won the 2003 Boston Globe Horn Book Award in the USA) and Jamie and Angus Together. (Shown below, the original editions, illustrated by Penny Dale).
